• Synonyms Steel-blue Indigobird, Steel-blue Widow-finch, Senegal Indigo Finch, Green Indigo-Bird, Village Combassou, Steel-blue Widowfinch, Steelblue Widowfinch, Green Indigobird, South African indigobird, Indigobird, Purple Indigobird
  • Old latin name for bird Vidua aeana, Hypochera aenea, Fringilla chalybeata, Hypochera chalybeata

Village Indigobirdbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 2.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 3.
    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Call, © Tony Archer
    South Africa
  • 5.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Song, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 7.
    Song, © Tom Wulf
    Botswana
  • 8.
    Call, male, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 9.
    Call, © Étienne Leroy
    Niger
  • 10.
    Song, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 11.
    Song, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 12.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Village Indigobird

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion w, c, se

Village Indigobird subspecies (6)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Vidua chalybeata amauropteryxs Somalia to Mozambique and inland to e Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and e South Africa-No
Vidua chalybeata centralise DR Congo, Uganda, c Kenya and c Tanzania-No
Vidua chalybeata chalybeatas Mauritania to Sierra Leone-No
Vidua chalybeata neumanniMali to Sudan-No
Vidua chalybeata okavangoensisAngola and n Namibia to w Zambia and n Botswana-No
Vidua chalybeata ultramarinaEthiopia and Eritrea-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansStaalblouvinkie
BelarusianЧырвананогая ўдавіца
BulgarianСиня стоманена чинка
Catalanvídua del Senegal, Vídua reial
Chinese靛蓝维达雀, 靛蓝维达鸟
Chinese (Traditional)靛藍維達雀
Croatiancrvenonoga udovičica
CzechVdovka malá, atlásek malý
DanishAtlaskfinke
DutchStaalvink
EsperantoŜtalkolora viduo
Finnishkyläleski
FrenchLoxigelle à pattes rouges, Combassou du Sénégal
FrisianStielfink
GalicianViúva azul
GermanRotfuß-Atlaswitwe, Rotschnabel-Atlaswitwe, Rotfußwitwe
Hungarianpiroslábú atlaszvida
IrishPlúiríneach sráidbhaile
ItalianVedova dei villaggi, Uccello indaco dei villaggi
Japaneseシコンチョウ
LatvianTumšzilā atraitnīte
Lithuanianraudonkojė našlytė
Maltesegħasfur nir tar-raħal
Norwegianlandsbyenke, Atlasfink
Norwegian NynorskLandsbyenkje
Polishwdówka atlasowa, wdówka atłasowa
Portugueseviúva-senegalesa, Bico-de-prata-do-Senegal, Viúva-azul
RussianКрасноногая вдовушка, атласная вдовушка, Деревенская вдовушка
SerbianCrvenonoga atlas udovica, Crvenonoga udovica
Slovakvdovka zamatová, Vdovka červenonohá
SpanishViuda de la Villa, Viuda senegalesa
SwahiliNili-kaya
SwedishAtlasfink, byänka
TurkishKöy Çivitkuşu
Ukrainianвдовичка червононога
WelshWida pentref